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Posted 25 April 2010 - 10:50 AM

I just got a spaking new laptop with a 500GB HD, I also grabbed a 64GB SSD to use as the primary, and put the 500GB as the secondary.
What I want to do is set the install of my windows 7 to only have the OS files on the 64GB HD.
The program files are so small that they run just fine from the slower 500GB HDD.
With vLIte can I have the install of windows install Program Files, Program Files (x86), Common Files, DevicePath, and MediaPathUnexpanded all to the D:\ drive to save space on the 64gb SSD for the games I want to install to it? Currently I have World of Warcraft and the OS on the SSD, but there isn't much room for many other games.
Older games like Diablo 2 and Star Craft I don't mind installing to the HDD, but Diablo III and StarCraft 2 I know I want installed to the SSD, but I need to free up the space.
I am guessing I need to get the install of Windows 7 files on the SSD to about 10-15GB with all the files and folders that can be redirected to the HDD.

Any help would be really nice.

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Posted 26 April 2010 - 01:51 PM

if there something big u wanna install on the hdd manually change the dir to install it
cos u might wanna small apps install to ssd\program files\
to gain the speed of ssd
that what im doing

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Posted 26 April 2010 - 06:04 PM

Umm thanks.
But what I want to do is have all the preinstalls windows program files installed to a different drive letter, then the main OS, that would save me only a GB, but not sure if that is worth it or not.


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Toshiba Qosmio X505-Q860
64GB SSD Primary Data Medium
500GB HDD Secondary Date Medium

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Posted 27 April 2010 - 07:26 AM

u could do it unattainably with waik or 7lite

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